Good condition of the cardiovascular system is the key to good health and normal functioning of the main human organs. The heart is a tireless motor that forces blood to move throughout the body. Chinese medicine believes that blood supplies organs not only with oxygen, but also with vital energy (Qi). That is why the condition of the vessels through which it flows is so important.
The functioning of the cardiovascular system is influenced by many factors: stress, chronic diseases, genetic predisposition. Today, not only older people, but also young people suffer from heart disease. Chinese gymnastics for blood vessels “Qigong” helps to maintain and improve their condition, as well as strengthen the body.
Features of gymnastics
If you perform gymnastics correctly, improvement in your condition can be observed after the first lesson. Exercises normalize vascular tone and improve blood circulation. They have no age restrictions. In order to be sure that the exercises are performed correctly, it is better to follow video lessons or find a Qigong trainer.
Various areas of Chinese gymnastics:
- Niches;
- Hu Xiao Fei;
- Yanshen Gong.
How to train small capillaries
Small capillaries, or small vessels, are located throughout the body. They deliver blood to the skin, all internal organs, and then produce an outflow of waste products through the venous bed.
If blood circulation deteriorates in any area of the capillaries, then harmful substances immediately begin to accumulate there, which leads to disruptions in the functioning of all systems and internal organs.
By turning to the gymnastics of the founder of the training system for the capillary network, Katsuzo Nishi, you will allow your blood vessels to remain healthy. Start each morning by doing 8 unique exercises. You can also perform these movements before going to bed. All gymnastics will take you no more than 10 minutes a day.
Principle of the method
The goal of gymnastics is to improve blood supply, as a result of which the internal organs begin to be better supplied with oxygen and the energy balance in the body is restored. Also, during exercise, inflammatory processes are eliminated, the elasticity of blood vessels increases, and the formation of blood clots is prevented.
Reference! The main principle of “Qigong”: a person should experience positive emotions from physical training.
Impact of Qigong on the body:
- Vessels are cleansed;
- Vascular walls are strengthened;
- Varicose veins are reduced;
- Blood pressure is normalized;
- Cardiac activity stabilizes;
- Anxiety and excitability disappear;
- Hypoxia passes;
- The work of the brain is activated. Dizziness disappears, concentration increases.
- Blood composition improves;
- Healing processes are accelerated;
- Blood supply to all organs and parts of the body is restored;
- Many chronic diseases recede.
How to delay the aging of the body
Why are we turning to Chinese practices again? Because the Chinese have been testing healing methods for centuries, proving that they really work.
No one will argue that the health of the entire body depends on the state of the cardiovascular system, because the blood pumped by our “pump” supplies the organs with oxygen and vital energy (Qi). To keep your heart pumping blood well, you need to do simple exercises every day.
Try doing 8 exercises for at least three days, and you will immediately notice an improvement in your condition. When your body feels that it has gotten better, you will never stop doing Chinese gymnastics.
Those who are already practicing note how inflammatory processes are gradually eliminated, chronic diseases go away, energy appears, and performance increases.
In addition, you have:
- the elasticity of blood vessels will improve;
- blood clots will not form, varicose veins will decrease;
- blood pressure will return to normal;
- anxiety, excessive excitability and fears will disappear;
- heart function stabilizes;
- dizziness will disappear;
- memory and attention will improve.
Main areas of study
The techniques of Chinese gymnastics are quite simple and accessible to everyone. To achieve a good result, it is important not only to do the exercises correctly, but also to find inner harmony.
Attention! During the training period it is necessary to exclude alcohol and nicotine! A healthy diet and proper daily routine are also important.
Basic rules of Qigong:
- Gradual increase in loads;
- Physical exercise should be done daily;
- There should be no feeling of fatigue;
- Heart rate should not be more than 120 beats/min;
- You can’t exercise if a person feels bad;
- Do not practice if you have heart pain without the permission of your doctor;
- Perform exercises on an empty stomach.
Charging for the neck
As the place where the largest and most important vessels of the body are located. From the neck there is further blood supply to the brain. When the muscles in the neck are weakened, you have to strain to support your head in its usual, constant position. This tension compresses nearby blood vessels, impairing the supply to the brain.
Gymnastics helps in strengthening the neck muscles that support it. The main thing is smoothness in the proposed movements, without sudden jerks in bends or turns. At the same time, carefully monitor your breathing.
The first thing is to stand close to the wall, press closer. Inhale, lean your body against this wall as much as possible, straining your neck. Fix the position, stand without breathing for 2-3 seconds, relax.- Second, sit down. Press your palm to your forehead, then press hard, trying to throw your head back. At the same time, tense your neck muscles, preventing pressure. A few seconds of “fighting”, a break. Repeat: first try to tilt your head back, then forward, resting on the opposite side. Then right, then left. You will get several similar exercises.
- Third – circular, slow rotations at the head, which need to be held for 2-3 seconds in the area of both shoulders. 6 times.
- Fourth – bend over, slowly. Forward, then back. Repeat 5-10 times, especially when the work is sedentary.
Chinese gymnastics for blood vessels
Professor Hu Xiao Fei claims that after 40 years a person begins to lack vital energy, this is the main reason for the aging of the body. Therefore, he advises starting to exercise as early as possible and doing it every day. The physical exercises in Qigong gymnastics are simple and very easy to perform.
A set of eight simple exercises will help improve blood circulation to the head, neck, arms, legs and other parts of the body.
Exercises for vascular health:
- “Shaking”: Rise onto your toes, then lower onto your heels. This allows you to get rid of accumulated negative energy. Great for morning exercise.
- “Trembling leaf”: Lie on your back, extend your legs and arms up perpendicular to the floor, shake vigorously for 1-3 minutes. Exercise strengthens blood vessels and helps cleanse the body.
- “Tapping the head” Lightly tap your head with your fingertips for about a minute. Blood supply to the vessels of the head improves. At the end, “comb” your head with your hands from the forehead to the back of the head.
- "Gold fish". Lying on your back, place your bent arms under your neck. Pull your toes towards you, tensing your whole body while doing this. Do 8-10 repetitions. Blood will run faster through the veins.
- Lying down, raise your legs up. Bend your knees and then straighten them. Do about 8 times.
- "Swing your arms and legs." Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart, arms out to the sides. Swing your legs to the opposite hand alternately.
- Sitting on a chair, raise your right arm and leg at the same time. Do the same with the left leg and arm. Do it 5 times.
- While standing, slowly perform circular rotations with your head, first in one direction, then in the opposite direction. Do 1-3 minutes. This strengthens the neck muscles and normalizes blood circulation in the vessels of the brain.
Chinese gymnastics is an easy way to maintain health, avoid many diseases and gain peace of mind. The healing technique is applicable at any age, and the exercises are accessible to people with different levels of training.
Indications for performing exercises
Ensuring the smooth functioning of the circulatory system helps to get rid of most painful conditions, especially those associated with age. A person who has started practicing vascular gymnastics will soon notice an improvement in well-being and a gradual disappearance of irritating symptoms.
Gymnastics for blood vessels is used in the presence of various symptoms of therapeutic ailments. The table shows a list of alarming symptoms indicating the presence of serious health problems, and lists the positive effects of performing the complex according to the method of Chinese professor Hu Xiaofei:
Manifestations of the disease | Problem | Expected therapeutic effect after performing gymnastics |
Depression, depression, excessive excitability, inability to concentrate for long periods of time, problems with memory, poor coordination of movements, frequent dizziness, headaches, chronic fatigue syndrome, sleep disturbances, impaired vision and hearing. | Chronic cerebral circulatory failure, neurocirculatory dystonia (severance of neural connections). | Strengthening the blood vessels of the brain, restoring the supply of oxygen to brain cells, stimulating thought processes, achieving psychological and mental balance, normalizing sleep and wakefulness. |
Arrhythmia, signs of hypertension (tinnitus, redness of the facial skin, swelling around the eyes, causeless sweating, frequent nosebleeds, numbness and swelling of the fingers and toes). | Reducing the lumen of blood vessels, the formation of atherosclerotic plaques. | Stabilization of heart rate, normalization of blood pressure. |
Feeling of heaviness in the legs, rapid fatigue, muscle cramps, swelling, decreased sensitivity, discoloration of the skin of the legs, spider veins. | Weakening of the walls of the veins, causing their expansion and subsequent inflammation (varicose veins, thrombophlebitis). | Healthy appearance of the legs, disappearance of unpleasant sensations, reduced risk of blood clots. |
Shortness of breath, chest discomfort, wheezing, prolonged cough. | Accumulation of phlegm in the respiratory organs. | Ease breathing, reduce the intensity of inflammatory processes. |
Digestive problems (heartburn, diarrhea, constipation, flatulence). | Violation of the proper activity of the gastrointestinal tract. | Elimination of congestion and inflammation, improvement of the functions of the liver, pancreas, spleen. |
Problem skin: swelling, redness, boils, ulcers, post-operative scars, aging effect. | Stagnation in the superficial layers of the epidermis. | Accelerating regeneration processes by improving the quality of blood, stimulating the removal of chemical and biological pathogens from the skin surface, reducing the number of wrinkles and inflammation. |
Back pain, decreased mobility, numbness of the limbs, joint damage (swelling, redness, fever), muscle pain. | Diseases of the musculoskeletal system (osteochondrosis of the spine, arthritis, arthrosis) caused by decreased physical activity, lack of exercise, sedentary lifestyle, consequences of injuries or infections, and lack of nutrients. | Relief from pain syndromes, restoration of elasticity of ligaments and tendons, normalization of motor activity, relief of inflammation, regeneration of affected joints. |
Slow growth, thinning and hair loss. | Malnutrition of hair follicles, lack of hemoglobin or hormonal imbalance. | Normalization of the supply of nutrients to the hair roots, restoration of hair growth. |
In addition to the listed diseases, a number of health problems may be associated with disturbances in the functioning of the body's endocrine system, kidneys or liver. Such disorders, as a rule, are also caused by deterioration of blood circulation, leading to unnecessary stress on internal organs.
The traditions of Chinese medicine consider all human organs in interconnection, therefore they set the task of establishing healthy functioning of the body as a whole. The uniform flow of Qi energy through the channels creates a reliable barrier to the penetration of diseases into the body.
The proposed complex is recommended for use not only in the treatment of chronic ailments, but also as a prophylaxis to prevent their occurrence.
Complex “Calm the heart and equalize pressure.”
This complex will give a positive effect to patients with any disease, but nevertheless, first of all, it is intended for people suffering from hypertension, hypotension, vegetative-vascular dystonia, arrhythmia and other diseases of the heart and blood vessels. It includes eight exercises that are performed in a certain sequence.
- "Rising to the Cry of the Rooster"
- "The White Monkey Brings Fruit"
- "The golden elephant curls its trunk"
- "The yellow stork folds its wings"
- "Shangong massages ears"
- "Tapping massage"
- "Twisted Roots of an Old Tree"
- "Massage with a step forward"
- "Rising to the crow of a rooster."
In the article we offer two videos with this set of exercises. Review them carefully and choose the option that is most convenient for you. Study each exercise separately in detail and only after that proceed to perform the complex as a whole. Masters recommend spending 3-4 days studying the external form of each movement. It takes the same amount of time to master the entire complex. And it often takes years to master the internal content.
Exercise is an assistant for hypertensive patients
Gymnastics is extremely important for those suffering from hypertension. When blood pressure is high, the walls of the blood vessels are tense, and they are pressed by the increased mass of blood. Gradually, the walls lose their natural ability to relax, narrow, and it becomes more difficult for blood to pass through such narrow places. The problem is aggravated by atherosclerotic plaques. Unfortunately, if it is not treated in time and prevention is not carried out, problems with blood pressure will turn into serious, chronic diseases. Vessels, pressure.
- Sit down, then smoothly turn your body. Make slow, leisurely swings with your hands (to the sides).
- Sit down, raise both arms up. Then lowering them, move them behind your back, slowly bending forward.
- While sitting, raise your leg, then your arm. Hold for 1-2 seconds, lower. Then raise the other leg and arm.
- Sit down and slowly raise your leg. Hold it for a few seconds, then repeat the movement, but with the other leg.
Of course, exercise alone is unlikely to help relieve high blood pressure quickly. Gymnastics is needed as an additional means to the main treatment process.
Hu Xiaofei
It is unlikely that today there will be a person who would be interested in Chinese gymnastics and would never have heard of Professor Hu Xiaofei. For more than 20 years he has been practicing Qigong and popularizing traditional Chinese medicine. Professor Hu Xiaofei graduated from Beijing Sports University with a master's degree in martial arts and traditional sports.
As director of the Department of Physical Health at Peking University, he also serves on the committee of the International Federation of Health Qigong, where he serves as deputy director of the Technical Committee, and the committee of the Chinese Health Qigong Association, where he is deputy director of the Scientific Committee.
For his contribution to the development of sports, he was awarded the State Prize, and his seminars on traditional Chinese gymnastics Qigong were even mentioned at meetings of the United Nations.
But where did it all begin?
His mentor was the famous martial artist and professor of Chinese medicine Zhang Guangde, who developed a new, unique system of health restoration that combines Daoyin methods, physical exercise and work with consciousness, based on extensive research into ancient Chinese knowledge in the field of medicine and health.
The new system combines Daoyin methods, physical exercises and work with consciousness
Professor Hu Xiaofei is not only a follower of these ideas, he was also able to complement and expand them.
It is thanks to his tireless work that today we can find followers of ancient Chinese practice all over the world.
Over the years , he has taught tens of thousands of students both in China and abroad, and his students have managed to win championships and receive gold medals not only in domestic but also international competitions such as the 13th National Tournament and many others.
- Professor Hu Xiaofei has repeatedly served as president of international and national competitions, including the 13th National Health Tournament,
- was a teacher of “National master classes on fitness and Qigong”, as well as “National trainings in Qigong”.
His face can often be seen on television screens and in other media, including heard on the radio. Professor Hu Xiaofei traveled abroad more than 100 times, where he conducted classes for those interested in Chinese medicine, repeatedly visited nursing homes and almost 1000 times the Central Party School.
Over the years of his activity, more than 30 scientific articles have been published, including “Health Qigong in China over the past 20 years”, “Guangdong Language Guide”, “Research on the Popularization of Scientific Knowledge in the Field of Health Qigong” and others.
Professor Hu Xiaofei also actively participated in the Rehabilitation Physical Therapy Program Research Project in 2008. His name is listed in the National Association for the Scientific Research of the Body.
There is no doubt that he made a huge contribution to the spread of Chinese health culture throughout the planet.
The professor is the author of such books as:
- "Qianlong Health Technique", translated into Chinese, Japanese, English and Russian,
- "Gymnastics for blood vessels."
The famous course of Professor Hu Xiaofei “Gymnastics for blood vessels”
He has also edited many books on medicine and general health, including The 365-Day Sports Prescription.
Currently, he is mainly engaged in teaching graduate students, undergraduates, distance education students, and international students at the National Beijing Sports University.
All these years people have constantly asked him...
What is the true meaning of practicing Qigong?
To this he replies:
“The true essence of Chinese Qigong gymnastics is to make you a normal healthy person, both physically and spiritually. When people take their time and try to remain calm, they achieve inner harmony.”
Qigong practice is mainly aimed at...
- so that people can increase their physical activity and cultivate a healthy lifestyle,
- thus eradicating all ailments,
Currently, more than 500,000 people in China actively practice Qigong. Since 2006, the International Health Qigong Association has begun to promote the fundamental ideas of health qigong abroad. Today there are 29 countries, 54 organizations and more than 10,000 foreign practitioners around the world.
Currently, more than 500,000 people in China actively practice Qigong
As for the Beijing University of Physical Culture, where Professor Hu Xiaofei lives and works, it has also become a base for the popularization and promotion of Chinese gymnastics.
Every year more than 100 foreign students come to the center to study sports and traditional methods of general health. The center's teachers also often travel abroad, where they conduct master classes and give lectures. The number of foreign students today has exceeded 1000 people.
Modern people often experience health problems due to the fast pace of life leading to stress, neglect of exercise and unhealthy lifestyle.
In his lectures, Professor Hu Xiaofei talks and shows how to avoid this.
He not only shares his knowledge about the history of the origins of traditional Chinese gymnastics and medicine, but also offers specific methods for maintaining health.
A professor once said that ancient Chinese culture strives for “the unity of heaven and man” and “the unity of people and society.”
It turns out that if people can comprehend this seemingly simple idea, then they will achieve harmony with nature and other people. This is the solution to all problems and the answer to many questions of humanity.
Course and articles by Professor Hu Xiaofei:
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